As Greater Boston's community foundation, the Boston Foundation is focused on the myriad of factors which make our city unique and successful. With an emphasis on strengthening this region's competitiveness in the global economy, the Foundation works with many partners to publish cutting edge research, hold public forums, and convene task forces of experts and stakeholders to create action agendas for real change.
A first-of-its-kind report merges a survey of 150 AAPI arts and culture leaders with listings of AAPI-led and -representing organizations and events across Massachusetts.
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If we are to embrace our full potential as a city and region, says Keith Mahoney, we must recognize, support, and invest in the potential of our region's immigrants through English language education.
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Granting more than $550,000 in this cycle brings the total grantmaking from the Equality Fund over $2.8 million in support of LGBT+-led and -serving organizations.
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Dwight Poler, Chair of the Boston Foundation, is the founder and CEO of AccelR8 Ventures, a fund investing in early-stage climate change mitigation technologies. A condensed and edited version of this interview appeared in the Spring 2025 Issue of TBF News.
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Sampan Magazine reflects on the value of 'No Longer Invisible,' a groundbreaking report surveying 1,417 APIA respondents about their economic concerns and and political behavior. The report was a collaborative effort of many partners and supporters including The Asian Community Fund at TBF.
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The BBJ connected with Danielle Kim, executive director of the Asian Community Fund at TBF, to discuss ACF's new report which highlights top perceived strengths, weaknesses and opportunities for AAPI artists, nonprofit workers and others in the field of arts and culture based on survey results.
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WBUR reshares from SHNS the overview of a new report by the Latino Equity Fund at TBF, SkillWorks, and the Gastón Institute featuring interviews with 20 immigrants enrolled in English classes in MA and navigating the job market, highlighting their struggles to validate foreign credentials in the U.S.
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GBH reports that highly educated and trained immigrants are often blocked from resuming careers in MA due to complex credentialing requirements, immigration hurdles and systemic inequities, newly evidenced in a report by the Latino Equity Fund at TBF, SkillWorks, and the Gastón Institute.
Read MoreThe new report brings together the results of a statewide survey of 150 AAPI artists and creative professionals, 1-on-1 interviews, and listening sessions to highlight the strengths, challenges and opportunities perceived for the sector.
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Published in partnership with the Gastón Institute at UMass Boston, this report explores the hurdles facing credentialed workers, such as doctors, lawyers and engineers, who immigrate to Massachusetts and seek to use their professional skills in their new home.
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Produced by MassINC Polling Group and a collaborative team of Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA)-serving organizations, this survey provides new insights about how Massachusetts APIA residents are faring across a wide swath of issues.
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Commissioned by the Latino Equity Fund and conducted by the Mauricio Gastón Institute at UMass Boston, this report takes a first-of-its-kind look at the geography, scale and reach of nonprofits and grassroots initiatives serving Massachusetts Latinos.
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Our Winter newsletter explores the many dimensions of our work in Child Well-Being, which spans issues from maternal health partnerships to early education and care - and ranges in scope from grantmaking for startup ventures to robust advocacy for maternal health and child care funding.
If we are to embrace our full potential as a city and region, says Keith Mahoney, we must recognize, support, and invest in the potential of our region's immigrants through English language education.
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Dwight Poler, Chair of the Boston Foundation, is the founder and CEO of AccelR8 Ventures, a fund investing in early-stage climate change mitigation technologies. A condensed and edited version of this interview appeared in the Spring 2025 Issue of TBF News.
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Julia Howard, TBF Senior Program Officer, Climate, shares five reflections on for how she is approaching building the Foundation’s first programmatic climate strategy with parallels to her experience of running the Boston Marathon route.
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As the federal government continues to compound its assault on the rights and freedoms of our democratic values, seeking to erase the cultural, social and even human identities of those we serve, while starving vulnerable communities of resources that sustain life and wellbeing, the Boston Foundation has redoubled its efforts to not only advance equity and justice, but to protect and sustain it.
Read moreAn evolving list of resources and information for nonprofits trying to keep up with the policy changes affecting the nonprofit sector
Read moreEven as fire still rages in Southern California, community foundations and other organizations are working to comfort and support the victims. This giving guide includes organizations that could use your support.
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In an exceptionally busy year, these are the reports and pieces of research from TBF and Boston Indicators that jumped to the top of the list for 2024, led once again by the Greater Boston Housing Report Card.
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A series of significant financial investments by TBF's Business Equity Fund in TARTTs Day Care Centers highlights the wealth-building power that can be unleashed when a company owned by people of color has access to the advice and capital they need to grow.
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Designated as National Native American Heritage Month, November finds many Americans reflecting on the historic and present-day harms committed against Native people in our country. We have accumulated information and resources to guide our own education and action this month, and are happy to share for others to explore.
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At our 2024 Annual Meeting, TBF President and CEO Lee Pelton shared his thoughts on our work, where we are as a nation and a community, and where we can and must go to build a more equitable future for Greater Boston. Read the full text here.
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